a la patria.

personified philippines oc. loved by pearl. 

[dalagangbukid]

UPDATE!!

anyways, i’ve been thinking about this

since i made my lat/v.ia ocs rep some regions, i was thinking of doing the same with the phil/ipp.ines

so the PH has three regions: lu/zon, vis/ayas/, mind/anao. the largest island is the first. this is what mutya will rep. 

here is the map of the lu/zon island, according to this site. and this. this is where the capital (ma/nila) is located

she has two other “siblings” (not...really her siblings but they’re the same kind yknow what i mean?). they rep the other two regions. vis/ayas is my male PH, and his name is dasig. mind/anao is muslim, since islam is common here. i have yet to think of a name for her

so yeah, i’m going to change her language section bc it varies all over the country tbh. also mutya deals with the international stuff.

tiny update too: i think mutya would try her hardest to get rid of her cynicism but its just so ingrained in her. but she tries to be friendly as possible. 

[cheesy-cryptid]

Are there any links for us non-Filipinos to help? Donation sites, news articles we should share, etc?

CW// Politics. Activism. Unjust Political Practices. Dictatorships. Violence. Protests

Hi anon. Im so glad you reached out for some links but as far as I know, most of the volunteer groups and Non-gov orgs supporting Leni Robredo’s campaign ( Marcos’ main opposition for presidency ) are decentralized. And for the most part, these groups only have local donation links.

EDIT: I have to edit out a donation link here since receiving support overseas for partisan election purposes is not allowed. Thank you to the anon for informing me of this.

About that decentralized network of volunteers problem, Ms. Robredo has recently announced that she will be establishing the “Angat Buhay NGO” ( Angat Buhay translates to: Uplifting Lives ). This was recently announced during a thanksgiving mass and rally around the time of the end of election season. She is planning for this Non-Gov org to be the biggest network of volunteers supporting marginalized communities in the Philippines. We will be awaiting more information on this. I invite you all to learn more about Ms. Leni Robredo, her track record and background. Here’s more info on the project when it was first launched back in 2016 from the Office of the Vice President. 

Another way to support Filipinos right now is to continue commissioning Filipino artists. There have been incidents circulating online right now with clients from other countries discontinuing commissions from Filipino artists at the news of election results (Here’s an article about it after lilypichu recently tweeted about asking to commission some art to help out Filipino artists ) 

I would like to emphasize-- NO ONE WANTS BONG BONG MARCOS-- Several people in the Philippines are dreading the Marcos regime returning to power. Please believe me when I tell you this-- No one wants this. No one wants another dictator. There are online news reports (especially in facebook) explaining the current situation of the election and the comment sections are being flooded with Marcos’ loyalists, troll farms, and revisionists all saying that the Marcos regime was the “golden era” for the Philippines. Please dont believe them. Please dont fall for their lies. Our country cannot afford another dictatorship. Believe me when I tell you that Bong-Bong Marcos is a whole iceberg decades in the making behind the scenes of elite and corrupt families. 

With this, I will be leaving links and articles explaining the disturbing incidents during the election season ( from broken Vote-counting Machines, Election Fraud, Red-tagging etc ) and what the Marcos’s return to power could mean for the Philippines:  -Violent Incidents during Election day.  -Broken Vote Counting Machines.  -Red-Tagging (Link to Definition | Students, protesters, activists being Red-Tagged during election season ) 

- “  Marcos dynasty back in power: What’s next for the Philippines? “ by   Richard Javad Heydarian  - “  The World Should Be Worried About a Dictator’s Son's Apparent Win in the Philippines “ by Jonathan Corpus Ong  - “  Why Bongbong Marcos, a Philippine Dictator’s Son, Leads the Race for the Presidency “ by Chad de Guzman  - “How ‘Bongbong’ Marcos rewrote his brutal family history and won in the Philippines” by  Anya van Wagtendonk 

As several people in the country are being gaslit with disinformation from the families of the Marcoses and the Dutertes, I am sharing here important resources exposing the truth of the Marcos dictatorship. Alot of us here are fearing for the truth being lost as Bong-Bong Marcos is targeting to rewrite history books. And even a children’s books publishing house is being red-tagged  ( being labelled as activists/terrorists ) for producing books about Martial Law and the EDSA Revolution. it is important for us to share with what we still have available.  - “ Claiming History: Memoirs of the Struggle against Ferdinand Marcos’s Martial Law Regime in the Philippines “ by Portia L. Reyes 

- “The Conjugal Dictatorship” by Primitivo Mijares 

- “ The Jupiter Effect “ by Katrina Tuvera  -  “  Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years “  by Nathan Gilbert Quimpo and Susan Quimpo - “Dekada “ 70 “ (The 70s) by Lualhati Bautista (this is both a film and a novel) - “ Si Jhun-Jhun Noong Bago Idineklara ang Batas Militar “ ( Jhun-Jhun, before Martial Law) by Augie Rivera  - “ Marcos Martial Law: Never Again “ by  Raissa Espinosa- Robles

As of now, manual vote counting is still on-going so in a way there’s still hope. People are still fighting for what’s right.  But I’ll be damned if I reach a Marcos Regime. 

FUCK MARCOS. FUCK DUTERTE. FUCK THEM ALL.  FUCK !! THEM !!! ALL !!!!

NEVER AGAIN--NEVER FORGET. NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW. 

MAKIBAKA AT HUWAG MATAKOT 

Tuloy ang Laban! 🌷

[issabees]

I am too frazzled right now to check for more—will continue to do so once I have calmed down—but here:

I know there’s more.

I know there SHOULD be more.

Let every news outlet existing talk about the Marcoses, Marcos Sr’s Martial Law, Marcos Jr's disinformation campaign, and everything else in between.

Let them talk about Leni Robredo and her work as a lawyer representing marginalized individuals and as the Vice President of the country, about Kiko Pangilinan and his advocacy in improving the agricultural sector of the country, about Chel Diokno and how he and his father Ka Pepe Diokno have made contributions in human rights and pro-Filipino economic legislation over the years, about Risa Hontiveros and how she has constantly been advocating for Filipinos' quality of life and even authored the Mental Health Act, the Safe Spaces Act, and the Raising of the Age of Sexual Consent Act, about the other members of Robredo’s senatorial slate and other candidates who chose to run for a position in the government FOR THE PEOPLE.

Let them talk about how voting for Robredo and the others is not about bringing these people into power per se, but about the good governance they represent.

Let them talk about the Filipino people—not as the brainless sheep who deliberately chose to be ignorant, but as victims of a long-running and deeply-ingrained campaign that takes advantage of their ignorance and does everything to keep them ignorant.

Let the whole world know what is going on in the Philippines. We need them to watch us. We need them to listen to us.

We aren’t an isolated case. Like many others have already said, disinformation can happen to anyone, regardless of the country you are from. So read, watch, and listen.

Because your home can be next.

(Screenshots from New York Times World and Time via Twitter)

[bevsi]

sketchbook stuff… I have the Rona so I’ve mostly been sleeping ☹️

[dalagangbukid]

fuck it. mutya gossiping w/ fellow ASEANs bc they all know everyone's dirt

[dalagangbukid]

hey, it's been a while!

dunno if i have edited this in bio, but i was thinking mutya's hair would be sorta frizzy... it was at its worst during colonial era. yeah, it did improve but still has her bad hair days!

and ive been wanting to make art of her again ;u;

sorry i havent been around. been pretty down these days. aside frm personal issues, i have been grieving as well *if you know, you know*

[stuckinapril]

do you tell yourself that you’ll do everything on time and then immediately proceed to wait until the last minute or are you normal

[latenights]

People are prettiest when they talk about something they really love with passion in their eyes

[bitchbitesdog]

[dalagangbukid]

She is the mother on whom the soft rays of the sun shine… which gives strength to the weak body.  - Andres Bonifacio

Personified Philippines OC / About / Rules / Loved by Pearl  Painting by Fernando Amorsolo ;

[dalagangbukid]

Helloooooo, everyone!

Has anyone watched Encanto? What's your favorite song? Mine is We Don't Talk About Bruno! When Pepa sang the "It was my wedding day" line, I instantly went "OH JUICY!". It's always the wedding stories, huh?! [ giggles ]

Also, nobody talk about how much I gained weight from the holidays, okay?

[aperture24]

Island Life, Small Town by the Sea

[dalagangbukid]

P U T A N G  I N A 

[dalagangbukid]

hey I just wanna say that I am officially a registered voter for this country

[dalagangbukid]

paperworkanddogs​:

“hot”

She winks. “We don’t take crap from anyone. You spank us, we’ll spank back!”

[dalagangbukid]

i remember seeing someone's PH oc in a dirndl and hws germany wearing a barong tagalog... ok but mutya wearing a lederhosen and germany wearing a filipiniana (big brain)

[dalagangbukid]

“The word ‘domestic housewife’ implies there’s a feral housewife. I have a new life goal now.”

[paperworkanddogs-moved]

“a feral housewife is someone who smothers you in your sleep”

[dalagangbukid]

"With their thighs."